Paul wesley ellis



Dec. 2, 1930. P. w. ELLIS PUNGTUREPROOF LEGGING Original Filed Nov. 22'

IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. i930 7 :-:...1 J l UNITED smrss [PATENT OFFHZE v I I 7PAULWESLEY ELLISVOF stem r roivorunnrnoor E Application filed November 22, 1928, s i o; 136 p fi 1930;,

My invention relates to non-puncturable here's'hown' asa lacing string3, eyelets 4 on leggings and has for its object to provide a one edgeand hooks 5 on the otheredge. legging so constructed that it cannot beSec'ured onthe-insideof the legging are punctured by the fangs of asnake or by thorns vertically extending strips S Ofjsteelor other 5 orby anything which would injure the metal, or if preferred,'of other hardmaterial 55. wearer. imperviousto punctures, so arranged that Leggingsare usually constructed of caneach stripslightly overlaps the one'nextto vas, or sometimes of leather or other nonit. lhe'se "strips arepreferablyfslightly metallic flexible material and are laced or wider'attheir upper than at theirlo wer ends '10 otherwise secured aboutthe legof the wearer. andthe strips which, when the legging is in 60 For manypurposes canvas leggings afford position, extend along the frontjof theleg, good protection but unless the material of are preferably slightlynarrower than those the legging is very heavy, too heavy to bewhichfextend along the sides of theleg'. worn with comfort, they do notafford cer-, A widthof'fromthree-fourthsof an;inch;

tain protection against the fangs of poisonto an inch atthe lower endsand 'froinf one 65 ous snakes or the sharp thorns ofsome plants inchtoone and a quarter inches at the top common in tropical andsemitropicalcounis found satisfactory in use but the strips t i maybe of greater'orless width and'may d-if n It is the object of my invention to providefer in width at their ends more or less as" a legging which, whilelightin weight and may be-found desirable 'to properly' fit legs 7 flexibleenough tobe readily laced about the differing insize. f i leg of thewearer, will be absolutely proof To sec rethestri'psto the leggingl Iprof against being punctured by the fangs of a vide afli'n'ing ofelothfl -;and secure itto the snake, thorns or anything to be met withinside ofthe legging by rows of stitching 8 anywhere in the woods orfields; A further extending from top? to-bottoni so as-"to form '15object of the invention is to provide a legging individualpoejket's foreach of strips 6, the V 'having the advantages above stated whichliningbetween adjacent rows of stitching be will be simple inconstruction and inexpeningfuller than the 'distancebetwe'en the samesive. I 7 rows of stitching on the legging 1, the dis- With the objectsabove indicatedand other tance between adj a'cent rows of 'stitchingonso objects hereinafter explained in View my inj the le gin 1 being lessthan the width of vention consists in theconstruction and comthe's'trip6 which is to be received'in the pocket bination. of elementshereinafter described v formed by the-lining, sojthatwhen a strip 6 isand claimed. Y j ins'ertecl iii'its pocket-oneedge'will extend Referringto the drawings 1 over one ofthe rows of stitching as shown in 85Figure 1. is aside view of alegging em- Figui'e's landbr Theeffect of soforming the bodying my invention in position on theleg pockets is tocauseeach strip 6 when in posiof the wearer. c I tion to slightlyoverlap theedge of the next Figure 2 is a view of the legging'unrolled,strip. V taken from the outside. v Aline of stitching 9 across the upperends ea Figure 3 is a similar view taken from the of the pockets and acorresponding line of inside. 1 I stitching 10 across them at theirlower ends 7 Figure 4 .is a partial cross sectional View hold the strips6 in their pockets. A binding on line 1 -4 of Figure 3 and x strip 11 atthe top and a binding strip 12m;

Figure 5 is a similar view on line 5-5 of the bottom covers theupper andlower ends as Figure 3. v V of the legging and lining. V V In thedrawing 1 indicates a legging 'of At the lower front of the leggingwhich is' canvas or other material of ordinary shape to formed to fitover the upper surfaceof the infit the leg of the wearerhavingthe' usualstep I provide ashield 13 of inverted heart instep strap 2 and havingusual lacing means, shape comprising two halves 14: and 15 of metal orother material incapable of being punctured enclosed in lining materialin a pocket which is secured on its vertical middle line to the legging1, as by stitching 13'. A strip 16 preferably of even width from bottomto top extends vertically over the vertical middle line of the shield13.

The strips 6 on each side of strip 16 are so arranged that the rear edgeof each strip overlies the forward edge of the next strip so thatanything striking the legging from the front or side will be deflectedto the rear, the strips at the rear having suflicient overlap to preventanything entering between adjacent strips.

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim is-: V

1. A legging for protecting the wearer from punctures comprising anouter covering of non-metallic flexible material, a strip of sheet metalextending vertically along the front of the leg and strips of metalextending vertically along the sides, the rear edges of the side stripsoverlapping the forward edges of the next strip in its rear.

2. A legging for protecting the wearer from punctures comprising anouter covering of non-metallic flexible material, a strip of sheet metalextending vertically along the front of the leg and strips of metalextending vertically along the sides, the rear edges of the side stripoverlapping the forward edges of the next strip in its rear and a shieldat the lower end of the strip extending along thefront of the leg,adapted to fit over the upper surface of the inste 3. 'A legging forpreventing the wearer from punctures comprising an outer covering ofnon-metallic flexible material, a, lining of non-metallic flexiblematerial secured to the outer covering by vertical rows of stitching,the lining between adjacent rows of stitching being fuller than thematerial of the outer covering between the same rows of stitching so asto form pockets, and strips of sheet metal each of greater width thanthe distance between adjacent rows of stitching on the outer covering,inserted in the pockets so formed.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

PAUL WESLEY ELLIS.

